Management of pesticide residues in select spices

Abstract

The present study entitled “Management of pesticide residues in select spices” was carried out at Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellayani during 2014-16. The main objective of the work was to standardize household techniques to decontaminate pesticide residues in select spices. Investigation was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of different decontamination techniques in removing pesticide residues of organophosphate and synthetic pyrethroid from six select spices viz., peppermint leaves, coriander leaves, red chilli (dry), cumin, fennel and ginger